The United States hit Russia’s top bank and leading energy and technology companies with sanctions Friday, restricting access to finance and technology to punish Moscow’s support for Ukraine’s separatist rebels. …read more Source: Bangkok...

Fresh EU and US sanctions on Friday dragged the ruble to a new low, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed them off and accused the West of using Ukraine as a political pawn. …read more Source: Channel...

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis yesterday as Moscow angrily accused its foes of trying to wreck the push for peace. …read more Source: South China Morning...

European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso warned on Friday (Sep 12) that the Ukrainian ceasefire was not enough to achieve long-term peace and chided Russia over its “unacceptable behaviour” in its western neighbour. …read more Source: Channel...

Government and rebel forces early Friday exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in Ukraine, as part of a cease-fire agreement sealed earlier this month. The transfer took place in the dark outside the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk under the watch of international observers. Thirty-six Ukrainian servicemen were released after...

The United States hit Russia’s top bank and leading energy and technology companies with sanctions Friday (Sep 12), to punish Moscow for supporting separatist rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...

New EU sanctions on Friday (Sep 12) sank the rouble to a new low as Moscow accused the West of undermining the fragile truce in Ukraine and turning the heat on its Cold War-era foe. …read more Source: Channel...

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis yesterday as Moscow angrily accused its foes of trying to wreck the push for peace. …read more Source: South China Morning...